June 13, 2017 12:19 pm
10 countries (India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, China, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Bangladesh, Philippines and Tanzania) are home to the largest numbers of children under age 5 in the world who are moderately or severely stunted.
A child in Angola is 20 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than one in the United States. Children in parts of sub-Saharan Africa are among the worst off in the world, according to a report from the international NGO, Save the Children, which ranks 172 countries based on where childhood is the most protected and where it’s been eroded the most.
European countries like Norway, Slovenia, and Finland rank first while Niger, Angola, and Mali came in last. The US ranked 36th. Out of the 10 countries at the bottom of the list, seven were in West or Central Africa. “Children in these countries are the least likely to fully experience childhood, a time that should be dedicated to emotional, social and physical development, as well as play,” the report (pdf) said.
Posted by OromianEconomist
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Africa, Children, Ethiopia, Ethiopia: Extreme Cruelties and Brutalities against Oromo Children and Youth, The 10 worst countries in the world to be a child are all in Africa
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